We got a little busy!

Due to a very busy week, we will postpone the show until this coming weekend.
Thank you.
~Ray and Hollye

Show 13

(Run Time: 25:11)

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You can also find the show note bookmarks at:

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Show Notes for Podcast #13:

TECHNOLOGY

*We have set up a del.icio.us bookmarks account to share with our listeners. As many of our listeners are teachers, this is a place where we can share helpful links with one another.

• To view the bookmarks, go to http://del.icio.us/tttshare

• To contribute to the bookmarks, go to http://del.icio.us/login and enter

Username: tttshare

Password: thetechteachers

This takes you to the “About” page. You can always bookmark a link by clicking on “post” at the top right of this page, but adding a bookmarklet (a link) to your browser will allow you to bookmark any page you are viewing, simply by clicking a button in your browser. There are very simple instructions for installing bookmarklets on this main page.

When you bookmark a link, you add tags in the account. Tags are one-word descriptors that you can assign to any bookmark. Tags can't contain quotation marks or white space, but are otherwise unrestricted. You can assign as many tags to a bookmark as you like. This is an interesting way of organizing all of the links, so that a link could appear in multiple categories.

*iPod nano—

http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/

*Apple’s Discount for Educators—

http://www.apple.com/education/

Show 12

(Run Time: 27:09)

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We can be reached at: rayandhollye@gmail.com

Below, you will find the show notes for Show #12:

You can also find the show note bookmarks at:

http://del.icio.us/thetechteachers/show12

Show Notes for Podcast #12:

TECHNOLOGY

• For more information on high-definition television, check out the wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television

• Blu Ray Disc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu_Ray

• HD DVD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_DVD

• IPod nano

http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/

* A correction for Show 12: the HD in HD DVD does not stand for High Definition; it stands for High Density. Sorry for the mix up.

Show 11

(Run Time: 26:13)

Buyer Beware: This is a show with very little editing!!!

We apologize for the audio quality this week. Hollye is researching microphones, and will be purchasing one as soon as possible.

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Direct Download: Show 11

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We can be reached at: rayandhollye@gmail.com

Below, you will find the show notes for Show #11:

You can also find the show note bookmarks at:

http://del.icio.us/thetechteachers/show11

Show Notes for Podcast #11:

• To learn more about X-Box 360 or any other video game topic, go to:

http://www.gamespot.com/

• Technology in the classroom:

--Mechanical Universe-- Caltech-produced videos for physics:

(This series is also available on current media, such as VHS and DVDs).

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~tmu/

--http://www.blogger.com/start

--http://del.icio.us/

• Diggnation podcast website:

http://diggnation.typepad.com/

• Tech news and reviews of programs in beta:

http://www.betanews.com/

*Next week, we look forward to discussing home theater setups and the future of high-definition media. Also, we hope to talk about discipline issues in the classroom.

Returning this weekend!

We got a little overwhelmed this week with our brand new teaching responsibilities. Sorry. We will do a show this weekend! We are looking forward to it!
Thank you.
~Ray and Hollye

Delay

There will be a slight delay for the arrival of Show 11. Look for it Monday or Tuesday night, at the latest.


Thanks,
Ray and Hollye

Show 10

(Run Time: 23:56)

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You can also find the show note bookmarks at:

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Show Notes for Podcast #10:

TECHNOLOGY

• Call For Help on G4 Tech TV:

http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/

• Call for Help Tracker:

http://cfhtracker.info/

• Computer magazines:

*PC World: http://www.pcworld.com/

*PC Magazine: http://www.pcmag.com/

*Try out magazines for free: http://www.zinio.com/

• Konfabulator is free now!!:

http://www.konfabulator.com/

• Song Facts website: www.songfacts.com

• Easter Eggs:

*www.eeggs.com

*http://www.eggheaven2000.com/

• Greatest Easter Eggs in Gaming, by Gamespot
  

• Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/

• Online Movie Reviews:

*Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

*Metacrtic: www.metacritic.com

• What is Bit Torrent?
  

• Azureus Bit Torrent Client:

http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

• Portable Firefox:

http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/

• Firefox extension: Bookmark Synchronizer:

https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=14

Show 9

(Run Time: 27:19)

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We want feedback from you, the listener! Constructive criticism is welcome.

We can be reached at: rayandhollye@gmail.com

Below, you will find the show notes for Show #9:

You can also find the show note bookmarks at:

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Show Notes for Podcast #9:

TECHNOLOGY

• Firefox web browser:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

• Extensions in Firefox:

In the Firefox web browser, click on “Tools”, then click on “Extensions”, and then click on “Get More Extensions” in the bottom right hand corner of the window that pops up.

• National Weather Service (best weather forecast):

www.nws.noaa.gov

• DSL Reports Bandwidth Speed Test:

http://www.dslreports.com/stest

• CNET Bandwidth Test:

http://reviews.cnet.com/Bandwidth_meter/7004-7254_7-0.html

EDUCATION

• Use of Skype voicemail:

http://www.skype.com/

Show 8

(Run Time: 24:54)

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We want feedback from you, the listener! We can be reached at: rayandhollye@gmail.com

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You can also find the show note bookmarks at:

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Show Notes for Podcast #8:

TECHNOLOGY

• Recommended Podcast: Tips from the Top Floor--digital photography podcast

http://www.tipsfromthetopfloor.com/

• DSL Reports Bandwidth Speed Test:

http://www.dslreports.com/stest

• CNET Bandwidth Test:

http://reviews.cnet.com/Bandwidth_meter/7004-7254_7-0.html

• Hotspot VPN:

http://www.hotspotvpn.com/

• Macros:

http://www.autohotkey.com/

• Wikipedia explanation of Macros:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macros

• USB 2.0 and firewire card for the PCMCIA slot on your laptop. Product can be found at:

http://www.newegg.com/

• User comments and ratings for online computer retailers:

http://resellerratings.com/

EDUCATION

• First Days of School by Harry K. Wong
  

• GizmoProject

http://www.gizmoproject.com/

• What is Gizmodo? (This is why Ray frequently, and mistakenly, refers to the Gizmo Project as “Gizmodo”):

http://www.gizmodo.com/

• What is podcasting?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast

Show 8 Coming Tomorrow!

Sorry, the show will be a day late this week for a variety of reasons. We hope to have it online tomorrow (Monday) evening some time.

Thanks,
Ray and Hollye

Show 7

(Run Time: 12:48)

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You can also find the show note bookmarks at:

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Show Notes for Podcast #7:

TECHNOLOGY

JiWire Spotlock $4.95/mo

http://www.jiwire.com/spotlock.htm

Hotspot VPN $8.88/mo

http://www.hotspotvpn.com/

Google Earth

http://earth.google.com/

EDUCATION

Journey North

http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

Network of Regional Technology in Education Consortia

http://rtec.org/

HPRTEC

High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortia

http://www.hprtec.org/

TrackStar

http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp

Open Office

http://www.openoffice.org/

Creative Commons Licenses

http://creativecommons.org/

Show 6

(Run Time: 18:10)

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You can also find the show note bookmarks at:
http://del.icio.us/thetechteachers/show6

Show Notes for Podcast #6:

TECHNOLOGY

• NASLite

• Ripping soundtracks from the PSP: If anyone needs help with this, you can email us at rayandhollye@gmail.com
  

EDUCATION

• Constructivist teaching (student-centered)

• AP Institute

• Scitoys

• Use delicious to find teacher resources. For instance: http://del.icio.us/tag/physics

• Puzzlemaker

• Venn Diagram website

Show 5

(Run Time: 22:24)

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Direct download: Show 5!

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Show Notes for Podcast #5:

Two other podcasts we recommended are available at:

• Ed Roberts’ Kansas City Weather Podcast:

http://kcweather.blogspot.com/

• podCast411:

http://www.podcast411.com/

TECHNOLOGY

• del.icio.us (social bookmarking):

http://del.icio.us/

• furl:

http://www.furl.net/index.jsp

• Yahoo’s My Web:

http://myweb.search.yahoo.com/

• Star Wars Flash Game with Darth Vader:

http://sithsense.com/flash.htm

• Tech news:

--digg:

http://digg.com/

--Slashdot:

http://slashdot.org/

• File Renamer:

www.webxpace.net/software/software.html

(discovered courtesy of Andy Walker on Call for Help Canada).

http://www.g4techtv.ca/callforhelp/freefiles/0209A.shtml

• Geek News Central and information on the book about podcasting—

Podcasting: The Do-It-Yourself Guide:

http://www.geeknewscentral.com/

EDUCATION

• The First Days of School, by Harry K. Wong and Rosemary T. Wong:

http://www.amazon.com

• Your First Year as a High School Teacher, by Lynne Marie Rominger, et al:

http://www.amazon.com

• Rubistar, an online rubric maker:

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

• Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Show 4

(Run Time: 12:03)

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You can also download it directly from : http://www.rwillard.com/Fourth_Podcast.mp3

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We want feedback from you, the listener! We can be reached at: rayandhollye@gmail.com

Below, you will find the show notes for Show #4:

You can also find the show note bookmarks at:

http://del.icio.us/thetechteachers/show4

del.icio.us is a social bookmarks manager which we will talk more about in our next podcast.

Show Notes for Podcast #4:

* itunes:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/

* Skype:

http://www.skype.com/

* Filezilla:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/

Welcome Itunes Users!

Our podcast can now be found through the Itunes podcast directory. There are still a few kinks to be worked out, including getting the picture/artwork to display. As a quick intro for the new listeners, episodes 2 and 3 feature both of us. Show 1 is more of a test than anything else.

Show 4 is coming late tonight/early tomorrow... stay tuned and thanks for checking out The Tech Teachers!

Ray and Hollye